Raudsepp Lennart, Kais Kristjan
Institute of Sport Sciences and Physiotherapy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tartu, 4 Ujula street, EE 51018 Tartu, Estonia.
Institute of Sport Sciences and Physiotherapy, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia.
Prev Med Rep. 2019 Jun 21;15:100925. doi: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2019.100925. eCollection 2019 Sep.
The primary aim of the current study was to examine longitudinal relation between problematic social media use (PSMU) and depressive symptoms in adolescent girls. Adolescent girls (n = 397) were assessed in three time points across two years. PSMU and depressive symptoms were subjectively assessed at three waves spaced 2 years apart. Latent growth models were used to test whether changes in PSMU were related to changes in depressive symptoms, and whether baseline PSMU predicted changes in depressive symptoms and vice versa. Results revealed baseline PSMU was positively associated with baseline depressive symptoms (β = 0.29, < 0.01), and changes in PSMU were related to changes in depressive symptoms (β = 0.22, < 0.05). In addition, baseline depressive symptoms were predictive of changes in PSMU (β = 0.23, < 0.05), but baseline PSMU did not predict changes in depressive symptoms. These findings provide evidence of positive associations between increasing PSMU and depressive symptoms and suggest that interventions should target reduction of PSMU to prevent adolescents' mental health problems.
本研究的主要目的是考察青春期女孩问题性社交媒体使用(PSMU)与抑郁症状之间的纵向关系。对青春期女孩(n = 397)在两年内的三个时间点进行评估。在间隔两年的三次测评中对PSMU和抑郁症状进行主观评估。使用潜在增长模型来检验PSMU的变化是否与抑郁症状的变化相关,以及基线PSMU是否能预测抑郁症状的变化,反之亦然。结果显示,基线PSMU与基线抑郁症状呈正相关(β = 0.29,<0.01),且PSMU的变化与抑郁症状的变化相关(β = 0.22,<0.05)。此外,基线抑郁症状可预测PSMU的变化(β = 0.23,<0.05),但基线PSMU不能预测抑郁症状的变化。这些发现为PSMU增加与抑郁症状之间的正相关提供了证据,并表明干预措施应旨在减少PSMU以预防青少年的心理健康问题。